Disability following Fractured Neck of the Femur
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Fractured neck of femur, the risk factors.
On the orthopaedic ward on which I work, a large percentage of trauma/emergency admissions to the ward are the result of falls by older people resulting in fractures of the neck of femur.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591576906200509